She shrugs. “You might be right. Every time we do, I want to stab you in the eyes for hurting my friend.”
I raise my brows, and Ashley meets my surprise with a smile. “What? You didn’t know I had it in me?”
Until this very moment, I saw Ashley as a useless parasite in Piper’s life. Someone who took and gave nothing in return.
Now… She hasn’t entirely changed my mind, but maybe she isn’t useless after all. She has Piper’s back. Even now, part of me is still glad Piper has someone in her corner.
“Well, I do,” Ashley snaps. She keeps her voice quiet, but it’s laced with venom nonetheless. “I have a whole hell of a lot in me, Timofey Viktorov. And I’ll unleash every batshit crazy ounce of it on you if you ever hurt my friend.”
My mouth quirks up at the corner. She sounds so much like Emil
